Walker Library: COMM 3750 Quantitative Research Methods in Communication (Hoskins): Tests & Measurements

Tests and Measurements

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Published Tests can be obtained by contacting the commercial publisher - fee involved.

Unpublished Tests are most often published by individual authors in a journal article or book. Permission to use tests must be received from the author or copyright holder.

PsycTESTS (from APA) This link opens in a new window
Repository of psychological tests and measures, including thousands of actual test instruments and test items, on the EBSCOhost platform.
PsycTESTS focuses primarily on unpublished (not commercially available) tests and is adding a growing list of commercial tests as well.
APA PsycTests Fact Sheet (PDF)
APA PsycTests FAQ
Test Sources
PsycTests Classification System
Guide to an APA PsycTests record
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive guide to over 2,700 contemporary testing instruments. Limited to 4 simultaneous users.
Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) This link opens in a new window
Indexing for information about published rating scales, checklists, tests, etc. (limited to 5 simultaneous users)
Information in HaPI is abstracted from leading journals covering health sciences and psychosocial sciences. HaPI also provides information about behavioral measurement instruments, including those from Industrial Organizational Behavior and Education.

ETS TestLink
A library of more than 25,000 tests and measurements.
Measurement Instruments for the Social Sciences
Repository for instruments that are used to collect data from across the social sciences. Some full text articles.
Measuring Health: A Guide to Rating Scales and Questionaires
This E-Book serves as a guide to available measures of good quality. It includes reviews, descriptions, and test properties of generic and published methods and instruments. Topics include physical disability, pain, psychological well-being, anxiety, depression and quality of life.
VassarStats: Website for Statistical Computation
This site is created and maintained by Richard Lowry Department of Psychology Vassar College. It contains programs which will perform calculations using a range of statistical tests and methods, including Fisher's Exact Probability Test, Chi-Square "Goodness of Fit" Test, t-Test for Independent Samples, and many others.
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COMM 3750 Quantitative Research Methods in Communication (Hoskins): Tests & Measurements

Tests and Measurements